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Communists 2-0 Capitalists 2:51pm on 16 Aug 2008 dave_a_pol, good point. Cricket is played in almost every country on earth, which can also be said of baseball. I emphasized the 10 test playing nations because outside of these cricket is very much a minority sport.

Having lived a large part of my life in Denmark, which is one of the better Associate Members of the ICC and where cricket was once the national sport (in the 19th century), I've seen how much of a minority sport cricket is outside British Commonwealth nations.

My point is that baseball, like cricket, has a large and strong following around different parts of the world, but not in Continental Europe. Since the IOC is euro-centric organization (50% of the IOC members are European, and the majority of the games have been held in Europe), baseball has been voted out and cricket does not have much chance in gaining entry.
Communists 2-0 Capitalists 09:29am on 16 Aug 2008 Slater, you had to make some kind of reference to rounders. Baseball and rounders are clearly related and rounders is fun game. However, the British always feel need to put down my sport with references to Rounders. Its boring and rude.

Chary8, while cricket may be played by more people than baseball, this is only down to the popularity of the game on the Indian subcontinent. How can you say that the 10 test playing nations, all of which are present or former British commonwealth nations, are diverse in culture? Many are also relatively small english speaking nations. Baseball, which is popular in the far east, central and north-america, represents just as diverse nations and cultures as cricket.

That said, I baseball does not have a better claim to be an olympic sport than cricket, other than the fact that it already is one.

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